Combining ability of tropical maize germplasm in West America. I. Open- pollinated varieties

Maydica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-134

  Kim, S K ^a   Ajala, S O ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Combining ability; Populations; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

TUXPENO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029825808     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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